Stenope falcata ( Reshchikov, 2017 ) Achterberg & Ang & Reshchikov & Yue, 2018

Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Ang, Yuchen, Reshchikov, Alexey & Yue, Qi, 2018, Stenope, a new euphorine genus from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4442 (3), pp. 479-484 : 483

Stenope falcata ( Reshchikov, 2017) comb. nov.

Figs 1–16

Allophrys falcatus Reshchikov (in Yue et al.), 2017 : 190, 192, 193.? Microctonus falcatus ; Khalaim & Belokobylskij, 2017: 126 (not M. falcatus Shaw, 1993 ).

Material examined. Holotype, female (Natural History Museum, Manila), “ Philippines, [Mindanao] Davao [del Sul], Mt. Malambo, 15.vi.2015, Malaise trap, Yuchen Ang, Alma Mohagan, Reizl Jose & Kay Ramos”.

Description. Holotype, female, length of body 1.95 mm, fore wing 1.2 mm.

The following may be added to the description in Yue et al. (2017).

Antenna nearly as long as fore wing and with 24 flagellomeres; eyes sparsely setose ( Fig. 2 ); anterior tentorial pits enlarged and close to eye ( Fig. 11 ); notauli distinctly crenulate and comparatively short ( Fig. 7 ); scutellar sulcus nearly as long as scutellum ( Fig. 7 ); scutellum smooth medio-posteriorly ( Fig. 3 ); vein 1-CU1 of fore wing widened, oblique and half as long as vein cu-a; sclerotized part of vein 3-CU1 of fore wing weakly oblique and much longer than vein 2-CU1; width of pterostigma twice length of vein r ( Fig. 4 ); vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing weakly curved subbasally; r:3-SR+SR1= 5:83; wings evenly setose; first metasomal tergite 4.7 x longer than its maximum width and 5.0 x its apical width ( Fig. 8 ); ovipositor sheath nearly 0.2 x as long as first tergite; body black or dark brown (including tegulum, but clypeus, scapus and pedicellus brown); palpi pale yellowish; mandible and legs brownish yellow; pterostigma and veins rather dark brown; wing membrane weakly infuscated ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Stenope falcatus, female, holotype. 1. Habitus, lateral aspect; 2. Head, lateral aspect; 3. Propodeum, dorsal aspect.

FIGURES 4–16. Stenope falcatus, female, holotype. 4. Fore wing; 5. Hind wing; 6. Mesosoma, lateral aspect; 7. Mesosoma, dorsal aspect; 8. Metasoma, dorsal aspect; 9. Middle and hind legs, lateral aspect; 10. Antennae; 11. Head, anterior aspect; 12. Head, dorsal aspect; 13. Head, antero-ventral aspect (showing mandibles); 14. Ovipositor (exserted), lateral aspect; 15. Hind tarsal claws, lateral aspect; 16. First metasomal segment, ventral aspect.